bantamweight
noun
ban·tam·weight
ˈban-təm-ˌwāt 
: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 118 pounds for professionals and 119 pounds for amateurs compare featherweight, flyweight
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Pena, sitting at No. 3 in the women’s bantamweight rankings, earned a shot at Amanda Nunes and her bantamweight title in December 2021.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Mix competes in the bantamweight division, which Georgian champion Merab Dvalishvili leads.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Originally, Aldo and Zahabi were supposed to fight at bantamweight, but due to the weight-cut issues, the UFC was forced to pivot or cancel the fight.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
In the years that led him to Olympic fame in London, the lightweight known as ‘Cool Hand Luke’ had won gold at the 2008 European Championships and silver at the 2011 Worlds, both at bantamweight, with his slick, accomplished style.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Mix competes in the bantamweight division, which Georgian champion Merab Dvalishvili leads.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Originally, Aldo and Zahabi were supposed to fight at bantamweight, but due to the weight-cut issues, the UFC was forced to pivot or cancel the fight.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
In the years that led him to Olympic fame in London, the lightweight known as ‘Cool Hand Luke’ had won gold at the 2008 European Championships and silver at the 2011 Worlds, both at bantamweight, with his slick, accomplished style.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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“Bantamweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bantamweight. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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bantamweight
noun
ban·tam·weight
-ˌwāt
: a boxer in a weight division having an upper limit of about 118 pounds
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